NBA Playoff: Magic survive , hit back against Celtics


The Orlando Magic survived a Boston Celtics fightback to halve the deficit in their play-off series against the NBA champions.
Boston levelled things up with two minutes 31 seconds remaining but consecutive scores by Franz Wagner secured a 95-93 home win on Friday.
Magic now trail 2-1 in the first round of the Eastern Conference play-offs. The best-of-seven series continues in Orlando on Sunday.
Boston led for most of the way before they rallied from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to make it 91-91.
Wagner then scored on consecutive drives over Kristaps Porzingis to finish with 32 points – his team’s highest scorer.
Jayson Tatum returned for the Celtics after missing game two with a sore right wrist and scored 21 points in the first half before finishing with a game-high 36.